Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers RARE BOOK & COLLECTORS SALE 6th & 7th, December 2022

61 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 427. Stone (J. Harris) Connemara and the Neighbouring Spots of Beauty and Interest, 8vo Lond. 1906. First Edn., Frontis plts. & illus. full mor. binding, tooled gilt borders etc, good copy. (1) €130 - €180 428. O’Sullivan (D.) Irelande - Poesies des Bardes, Legends, Ballades, Chants Populaires Precedes d’un Essai sur ses Antiquites et sa Literature. 8vo Paris 1853 First Edn., Signed by Author, title with wd. cut vignette, uncut, later full green mor. gilt roll borders, spine faded. V. Scarce. (1) €150 - €200 429. Bindings: Mac Nevin (T.)ed. The Speeches of the Rt. Hon. Richard Lalor Shiels, M.P., 8vo Dublin 1845. First Edn., in fine full tooled gilt Maynooth Prize binding by Bellew, stamped, with gilt armorial and gilt spine with shamrocks etc; Moore’s Poetical Works, in One Volume, roy 8vo London 1843. Engd. title, port. frontis, full crimson mor. fine tooled gilt spine; Davis (J.)ed. The Speeches of the Rt.Hon. John Philpot Curran, roy 8vo Dublin 1845. Engd. port. frontis, orig. cloth. (3) €180 - €250 430. Illustrations byW. Russell Flint Medici Society Publisher: Solomon - The Song of Songs, Now Printed in the Authorised Version. Roy 8vo Lond. (P. Lee Warner) 1913. 10 mounted coloured plates by Russell Flint, uncut, cloth & d.w. (1) €150 - €200 431. Kinsella (Thomas) Butchers Dozen, 8vo D. (Peppercanister) 1972, cloth boards, signed Limited Edn. 91 (125 copies) leather backed boards; The Good Fight, 8vo D. (Peppercanister) 1973, signed Limited Edn., No. 108 (125) copies, leather backed boards; One, D. (Peppercanister) 1974, signed ptd. wrappers; A Selected Life, lg. 8vo, D. 1972, signed Limited Edn., ptd. wrappers; Nightwalker & Other Poems, 8vo D. (Dolmen Press) 1968, signed, cloth & d.j.; Selected Poems 1956-1968, 8vo D. 1973, signed, cloth & d.j.; Her Vertical Smile, 8vo D. 1985, signed, ptd. wrappers; Songs of the Psyche, 8vo D. 1985, signed, ptd. wrappers; The Táin, 8vo L. (O.U.P.) 1970, signed, ptd. wrappers & 1 other, as a lot, w.a.f. (10) €250 - €320 432. All Signed First Editions Heaney (Seamus) Field Work, 8vo Lond. (Faber & Faber) 1979. First Edn. Signed, on front loose flyleaf, brown boardsπct. d.w., spine faded; Selected Poems 1965- 1975, 8vo Lond. (Faber & Faber) 1980. First Edn. Signed & Dated, 22/11/85, blue boards, & pict. boards with Portrait; The Haw Lantern, 8vo Lond. (Faber & Faber) 1987. First Edn., Signed & Dated 30.VI.87, red paperboards,πct. d.w.; The Cure at Troy, 8vo Derry (Field Day) 1990. First Edn. Signed, on front loose blank, grey paper boards,πct. d.w.; New Selected Poems, 1966-1987, 8vo Lond. (Faber & Faber) 1990. First Edn. Signed & Dated November 1992. Orig. cloth, gilt lettered spine with dble. line borders, pict. cloth. All v. good copies., A20; A26; A41; A49; A46. Brandes & Durkan, A20; A26; A41; A49; A46.. (5) €500 - €700 433. All Signed First Editions Heaney (Seamus) Field Work, 8vo Lond. (Faber & Faber) 1979. First Edn., Signed & dated 22/11/85. clothπct. d.w. (faded at spine); Station Island, 8vo Lond. (Faber & Faber) 1984. First Edn. Signed and dated 22/11/85 on hf. title. Black boards, gilt lettered spine, & orig. pict. d.w.; Seeing Things, Lond. (Faber & Faber) 1991. First Edn., Signed and dated August 1991, on front loose end, grey cloth,πct. d.w.; The Spirit Level, 8vo Lond. (Faber & Faber) 1996. First Edn. Signed on front loose end, green boards, orig. green pict. d.w. All v. fine copies. Brandes & Durkan A20; A36; A50; A65; A20; A36; A50. (4) €400 - €600 432 429 433 430 431